Full List of Clinton's Planned Taxes

http://www.atr.org/full-list-hillary-s-planned-tax-hikes

Geopolitical Predictions Not That Good

"A study of about 28,000 expert geopolitical predictions over 20 years found that most were only slightly better than chance, especially when predicting events more than a year off would or wouldn't happen, according to Philip Tetlock."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-uncertain-times-ceos-lose-faith-in-forecasts-1468315801

Guns: America vs. Japan

In 2015:

US: 33,599 gun deaths
Japan: 6

Number of guns in Japan per 100 civilians: 0.6
Number of guns in US per 100 civilians: 101

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/13/national/crime-legal/what-are-the-chances-of-a-mass-shooting-in-japan/#.V5kLxtejsxU

and

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/for-some-expats-us-gun-violence-makes-japan-feel-like-a-haven/2016/07/18/0edca7d4-4840-11e6-8dac-0c6e4accc5b1_story.html

Should We Give Lighter Penalites to Those with "Violent" Genes

http://www.wsj.com/articles/lighter-penalties-for-those-with-violent-genes-1469196488

Map: The World of Coups Since 1950

The world has had 475 coups since the 1950s and 236 (i.e., half) were successful.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/22/map-the-world-of-coups-since-1950

Scary Fact of the Day

Percent of millennials who can correctly identify Pokémon character Pikachu: 98%
Percent who can identify Vice President Joe Biden: 61%

Charts of Mass Incarceration in the US

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/13/8913297/mass-incarceration-maps-charts

Where do the World's 42 Million Prostitutes Live?

http://www.businessinsider.com/there-are-42-million-prostitutes-in-the-world-and-heres-where-they-live-2012-1?IR=T

Is US Election Season Too Long?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/17/1514524/-Are-our-election-seasons-too-long

Why do they last so long?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jj-colagrande/why-do-presidential-elect_b_7952490.html

How they presidential campaigns became 2-year marathons
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/upshot/how-presidential-campaigns-became-two-year-marathons.html?_r=0

10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation

https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation?language=en

Is Land and Real Estate a Good Investment?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/upshot/why-land-may-not-be-the-smartest-place-to-put-your-nest-egg.html

Presidential Party Platforms

Despite the slog, what Payne found might stun some cynics: In 25 years, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress voted in accordance with their platforms 82 percent of the time.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/12/12060358/political-science-of-platforms

Quote of the Day: Brevity

Brevity is the soul of wit.

or

I would have written a shorter letter but I did not have time.

If Countries Trade Territories

Would there be more peace and stability?
http://worldif.economist.com/article/12138/country-market

Tax Haven at the End of the World

On Tiera del Fuego:
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21702216-giant-economic-experiment-argentinas-southern-tip-starting-flag-tax-haven

50 Most Powerful People in PR

http://www.prweek.com/article/1399015/prweek-power-list-2016